Mike,
First - you seen Kelly's email? - were getting together the bay area
riders to go up to Goldendale in two weeks and had your old mci email
address. Want to go?
Second - on the gas tank thingy and why I post this to the list.
As one lister mentioned, in Calif you have to lift the rubber neck up to
let the gas flow and fill up to the flapper inside the tank.
What you don't realize, is that neck (designed to force you to use
unleaded fuel necks only - like you can buy leaded fuel anymore) sticks
about 2" down into the tank, giving up about 1/2 gal of fuel capacity.
What many have done is use a dremel tool to cut the flapper out of the
tank (like Nick described) so you then have an open fuel filler (no
flapper) like most bikes, letting you fill the tank all the way. You
will then have a 5.75 gal tank instead of 5.25 gal.
So Mike - come on down and bring the pizza - I have the dremel and all
the tools.
See my separate note off list with phone number and we can arrange a
time.
--
Dave Biasotti // Fremont, CA
'93 Yamaha GTS-1000 // '83 Honda 650Turbo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 3:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Removal -- Gas Tank Filler Tube Thing
>
> Dave Biasotti -
>
> Congratulations on your newfound freedom! That's awesome. I was between
> jobs last fall ... it was great.
>
> I'm becoming increasingly frustrated at having to play the gas pump "on and
> off" game every time I try to fill the tank on the GTS. I've got to get rid
> of that damn filler tube thing (or whatever the *#%@ it's called) inside the
> gas tank so that I top the muther off without endlessly jacking around with
> the pump. And, I seem to recall you doing this (and someone, maybe you,
> said it doesn't take that long with the right cutting tool).
>
> What do you say about you giving a demonstration on this procedure sometime
> in the future? I'll bring the pizza.
>
> Mike Cordon
> '94 GTS
> Danville, CA
>
